Notice of Intent to Sole Source - NSU Gulf War Illness Paradigm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Department of National Institute of Occupational Saftey and Health intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price purchase order to NOVA Southeastern University Institue for Neuro-Immune Medicine for the Machine Learning and Network Modeling in Gulf War Illness paradigm. The CDC has received prelimanry results with proprietary datasets that will be used to further probe the existing datasets, as well as new and more complex datasets that wil lbe created during the course of the contract. This contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) and 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1)…. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within Fifteen (15) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to the Contract Specialist at [email protected] by COB 09 April 2021.